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OFFICERS. 



WALTEK S. COX, Pbesident. 

Dr. JOHNSON ELIOT, First Vice-President. 

Hon. B. G. CAULFIELD, Second 

Dr. DANIEL B. CLAEKE, Third 

T. A. LAMBERT, Fourth 

ALEX. PORTER MORSE, Fifth 

Dr. R. S. L. WALSH, Sixth 

EUGENE D. F. BRADY, Recording Secretary. 

G. ERNEST HAMILTON, Corresponding Secretary. 

C. C. LANCASTER. Jr., Treasurer. 



5<x:edutive CJoir\ii\ittee. 



WM. F. QUICKSALL, 

Dr. GEORGE L. MAGRUDER, 

Dr. JOS. TABOR JOHNSON, 

J. F. BEALE, 

B. T. HAULEY. 



Fob many years, but especially after the organization of the Law 
Department in 1870, the establishment of an Alumni Association had 
been mooted among the graduates of Georgetown Universitj^, but not 
until March, 1875, when an appeal was made through the press of the 
city of Washington to the resident graduates, was the long-neglected 
union effected. 

On March 4, 1875, a meeting of graduates was held in the hall of the 
Law Department, "Washington, D. C, to consult and determine upon 
the best mode of forming the Alumni Association of Georgetown Uni- 
versity. John Carroll Brent was called to the chair, and Talmadge A. 
Lambert appointed secretary. A committee, composed of Dr. Johnson 
Eliot, Dr. P. J. Murphy, Wm. F. Quicksall, G. Ernest Hamilton, Tal- 
madge A. Lambert, and C. C. Lancaster, Jr., was appointed to form a 
Constitution and By-laws, and report the same to the Association at its 
next meeting, March 11th. At that meeting the Constitution and By- 
laws framed by the Committee were submitted, and, after some amend- 
ments, adopted and ordered to be printed. Annexed hereto will be 
found the Constitution and By-laws as adopted. 

The Association met March 18, 1875, for the election of permanent 
ofl&cers, and elsewhere will be found the names of the gentlemen 
chosen. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



SECTION I. 

Article 1. 
This Association shall be styled "The Alumni Association 
or Georgetown Univeesity." 

Abticle 2. 
The object of the Association shall be to advance the 
prosperity of Georgetown University and the promotion of 
social intercourse among the Alumni. 

Article 3. 
The officers of the Association shall consist of a Presi- 
dent and six Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Corresponding 
Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee to con- 
sist of five members. 

Article 4. 
No one shall be eligible to office who is not a graduate of 
the University. 

SECTION n. 

Article 1. 
There shall be an annual meeting of the Association on 
the second Monday of January of each year, at which the 
officers of the Association shall be elected. 

Article 2. 
At the meeting in January such literary exercises shall be 
held as may be deemed advisable by the Association, and, 
after these exercises shall be closed, the Association shall 
celebrate their anniversary in such manner as they deem 
proper. 



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Article 3. 
A stated meeting shall be held on the second Monday of 
October of each year. At the stated meeting, and at any 
regular adjourned meeting thereof, all the powers of the 
Association may be exercised. 

Article 4. 
Special meetings may be called at any time by the Execu- 
tive Committee, and shall be called upon the written request 
of ten (10) active members of the Association. At such 
special meetings no business shall be transacted except such 
as shall be specified in the call therefor. 

SECTION III. 

Article 1. 
The presence of not less than twenty-five (25) resident 
members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum at any 
meeting of the Association, 

Article 2. 
At the stated and annual meetings of the Association the 
order of business shall be as follows : 1st. Reading of the 
minutes of preceding meeting. 2d. Reports of officers. 
3d. Reports of committees. 4th. Elections, if any. 5th. 
Miscellaneous business. 

Article 3. 
Cushing's Manual shall, otherwise than as herein provided, 
govei'n all meetings of the Association. 



BY-LAAVS. 



SECTION I. 

Aeticle 1, 



Graduates of the University in good standing, and none 
others, shall be eligible to active membership in this Asso- 
ciation. 

Article 2. 

Any person in good standing, or having an honorary de- 
gree of the University, may become an honorary member by 
a vote of the Association, as hereinafter prescribed. 

Article 3. 

Any graduate of the University may become an active 
member of this Association by being proposed for member- 
ship by an active member at any meeting, and paying the 
initiation fee as provided for in this Constitution. 

Article 4. 

A majority vote of those present shall constitute an 

election. 

Article 5. 

Any person elected to membership who does not, within 
two months after his election and notice of the same, sig- 
nify his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have declined 
the membership. 

SECTION II. 

Article 1. 

The officers of this Association shall be elected by a ma- 
jority of the votes cast by ballot at the annual meeting in 



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each year, and shall hold office until the election of their suc- 
cessors. 

Article 2. 

The President, and in his absence, one of the Vice-Presi- 
dents, in the order in which they are named, shall preside at 
all the meetings of the Association, and perform the ordi- 
nary functions of the presiding officers. 

Article 3, 

The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of the pro- 
ceedings of all the meetings, and of such other matters as 
the Association shall deem advisable. 

He shall notify the officers and members, both active and 
honorary, of their election, and shall keep a roll of the 
members, and shall issue notices of all meetings. 

Article 4. 
The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corres- 
pondence of the Association. 

Article 5. 
The Treasurer shall collect and, under the direction of the 
Executive Committee, disburse all funds of the Association ; 
he shall report annually, or oftener, if required ; he shall 
keep regular accounts, which shall be at all times open to 
the inspection of any member of the Executive Committee. 

Article 6. 
The Executive Committee shall have the general manage- 
ment of the affairs of the Association, subject to the limita- 
tions and provisions of the Constitution and By-laws. The 
Executive Committee shall meet at least once in every three 
months, and shall make a full report to the annual and 
stated meetings of the Association. 

SECTION III. 

Article 1. 
There shall be a Board of Censors, to consist of five active 



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members, who shall be charged with hearing and examining 
complaints against members of this Association for miscon- 
duct, and after such investigation said board shall present 
the matter to the Association for its action. 

This board shall be appointed by the President immedi- 
ately after the annual election in each year. 

Article 2. 

There shall be an admission fee of two ($2) dollars. 
The annual dues shall be three ($3) dollars, payable on 
the second Monday of October of each year. 

Article 8. 

Any member in default in the payment of his fee and 
dues, after thirty (30) days' notice, may be dropped from 
the rolls by a vote of two -thirds of the active members 
present at any stated meeting. 

Article 4. 

Whenever any complaint shall be preferred against a 
member of this Association for misconduct, the member or 
members preferring such complaint shall present it to the 
Board of Censors in writing, and subscribed b^^ him or them, 
plainly stating the matter complained of, with particulars of 
time, place, and circumstances ; whereupon the board shall 
proceed to examine into the matter, and after arriving at a 
conclusion they shall report the same, together with the evi- 
dence in the case, to the Association, and thereupon the 
Association shall take such steps in the matter as it may 
think proper. 

Article 5, 

Any member of the Association may, by a vote of two- 
thirds of the members present, be suspended or expelled for 
misconduct, on conviction thereof, after notice and hearing. 

AlRticle (5. 
These By-laws may be amended or suspended by a two- 



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thirds vote of the members present at any annual or stated 
meeting of the Association, provided that notice of the pro- 
posed amendment, subscribed by ten (10) active members, 
be given at a previous meetin*?. 



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